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# Mometrix ### Ongoing for chemotherapeutic agents - To determine the best combination of drugs and duration of treatment. - Other treatments may be instituted, depending on the severity of the disease. ### Intrathecal chemotherapy - Is administered into the spinal fluid for treatment of infiltrat...

# Mometrix ### Ongoing for chemotherapeutic agents - To determine the best combination of drugs and duration of treatment. - Other treatments may be instituted, depending on the severity of the disease. ### Intrathecal chemotherapy - Is administered into the spinal fluid for treatment of infiltration of the central nervous system. ### Radiation to the brain - May be indicated in addition to intrathecal chemotherapy with severe disease, but poses danger to brain development. - Also known as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCST). - May be done if chemotherapy fails or after the first remission for AML, which has a lower cure rate. # Sarcoma ## Rhabdomyosarcoma - Sarcomas are malignancies that develop from bone, connective, or muscle tissue. - Sarcomas comprise up to 15% of tumors in those